On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Joe Conway wrote:- It is dependent on backend code to the extent that it cannot be built outside of the contrib folder, unless some backend code is duplicated in the external project. It also has no build system of its own.
k, so this one falls under 'too lazy to build a proper build system'
No, I don't call that lazy, I call it smart. It makes use (reuse) of a part of Postgres (the contrib build system) that is among its strengths. Is it your goal to make it harder for people to write their own C language functions? It makes no sense whatsoever to expect everyone who wants to extend Postgres to develop their own build system. I'd call that alot of duplicated effort -- effort better spent more productively.
dblink isn't an integrated replication solution, it is a standalone one ... to date, I have not seen one replication solution that solves all the issues, and unless someone comes up with the be all, end all replication solution, none of them should be considered 'part of the backend' ...
No one (including me) has ever claimed it is any kind of a replication system. It is completely different functionality.
Joe
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